Dementia and Alzheimer Disease

Catch up on any of the neurology headlines you may have missed in September 2026, compiled into 1 place by the NeurologyLive® team.

Carlos Cruchaga, PhD, director of the NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center at Washington University, discusses emerging blood-based biomarkers for monitoring biological and cognitive responses to lecanemab treatment in Alzheimer disease.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending October 2, 2026.

PridCor Therapeutics is moving its phase 2 SHIELD trial of a combination antiviral regimen toward enrollment, building on case series data showing durable symptom improvement in long COVID.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending September 25, 2026.

In recognition of World Alzheimer's Day, NeurologyLive reviews Alzheimer disease developments from 2026, spanning blood-based biomarkers, emerging treatments, prevention research, disease risk factors, and safety considerations surrounding anti-amyloid therapies.

The FDA lifted a clinical hold on simufilam, clearing Filana Therapeutics, formerly Cassava Sciences, to begin a phase 2a study in TSC-related epilepsy.

In recognition of World Alzheimer's Day, NeurologyLive revisits 8 expert conversations from 2026 that explore advances in Alzheimer disease research and care, including emerging biomarkers, artificial intelligence, disease mechanisms, and treatment strategies.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending September 18, 2026.

Microstructure Imaging has announced that the FDA cleared its MICSI-PET, an MR-guided PET enhancement platform with automated amyloid Centiloid and tau quantification.

Subgroup analyses from the phase 2 ADDRESS-LC trial showed bezisterim significantly improved fatigue, malaise, and cognition in long COVID patients with more severe baseline symptoms.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending September 11, 2026.

The clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai discussed the mechanisms behind brain fog from Long COVID and its potential links to Alzheimer risk.

Catch up on any of the neurology headlines you may have missed in August 2026, compiled into 1 place by the NeurologyLive® team.

Thayne Munce, PhD, discusses the challenges and unanswered questions shaping CTE research, as well as the implications of findings from former NFL players for athletes competing today.

New research examining the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among former NFL players provides additional insight into CTE pathology, while highlighting the challenges of interpreting findings from postmortem brain-donation studies.

Phase 1b/2 findings showed that the investigational anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody ABBV-916 produced dose-dependent reductions in brain amyloid in adults with early Alzheimer disease, although development of the agent was discontinued before dose expansion because of sponsor business considerations.

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The FDA has cleared Roche's Elecsys pTau217, a blood test that uses a single biomarker to both rule in and rule out amyloid pathology in adults being evaluated for Alzheimer disease, across both primary and specialty care settings.

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FDA has cleared C2N Diagnostics' PrecivityAD2 blood test for adults 40 years and older with cognitive symptoms, offering fast amyloid and tau insight to guide diagnosis and trials in Alzheimer disease.